Boris Natanovich Strugatsky grew up with his older brother Arkady, with whom he would eventually share one of the most enduring writing partnerships in Soviet science fiction. He studied astronomy at university, graduating in 1955, and worked at the Pulkovo Observatory before changing course to become a writer. In the late 1950s he joined Arkady in a literary partnership that would define both men's careers. Their first collaborative novel, The Land of Crimson Clouds (1959), was a space adventure, but the brothers soon broadened their range.
Through the 1960s and 1970s, the Strugatskys produced some of the most distinctive science fiction of the Soviet era. Monday Begins on Saturday (1965) is a satirical fantasy set in a research institute; Hard to Be a God (1964) follows an Earth observer on a backward alien world; and Roadside Picnic (1972) envisions a mysterious Zone filled with dangerous alien artifacts. The latter became the basis for Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 film Stalker. Other notable works include The Snail on the Slope, The Ugly Swans, The Inhabited Island, and The Doomed City.
The brothers' work often ran into Soviet censorship, and some novels were published abroad or circulated in unofficial copies before reaching Soviet readers. Arkady died in 1991, ending one of the most productive collaborations in science fiction. Boris remained a prominent figure in Russian science fiction and helped keep the brothers' work in circulation until his own death in 2012. Their books influenced later writers and filmmakers and are still read for their imaginative premises and moral and social critique.
Boris Strugatsky was born on April 14, 1933 in Saint Petersburg, St.-Petersburg, Russia. In Cardology (Destiny Cards), April 14, 1933 corresponds to the Seven of Diamonds, making the Seven of Diamonds his Birth Card.
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